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Keisai Eisen

Courtesan with a Letter (Fumi o motsu yujo), 1830s

Description

Maker

  • Keisai Eisen, 1790-1848, Japanese

Title

Courtesan with a Letter (Fumi o motsu yujo)

Year

1830s

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 73.7 x 24.9 cm (29 x 9 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: EGR161

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1169

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Sukima

June 1 - November 25, 2018

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Courtesan with a Letter (Fumi o motsu yujo) with the accession number of 20.1169. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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